| 单词 | mince |
| 释义 | mince (once / 1360 pages) 1vn 2v 3v To mince is to chop into tiny bits. Your favorite soup recipe might include directions to mince four cloves of garlic. When you dice an onion into very small pieces, you mince it, and when you grind meat very fine to make sausage or mincemeat, you also mince. Another meaning of the verb is to soften, or to express something in a gentle way: "She does mince her words when she talks to shy kindergarteners." The Old French root, mincier, means "make into small pieces," and it comes from the Latin word for "small," minutus. WORD FAMILYmince: minced, mincer, minces, mincing+/mincer: mincers/mincing: mincingly USAGE EXAMPLESSweat the onion, minced garlic, red pepper flakes and paprika for 3 minutes. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) Here she uses stout, along with whole grain mustard, garlic, minced thyme, malt vinegar, grated Parmesan and soy sauce. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) My latest iteration contains broken bits of mince pies and sultanas plumped in brandy. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1v cut into small pieces mince the garlic Hyper chop, chop up cut into pieces 2n food chopped into small bits 2a mince of mushrooms Hyper aliment, alimentation, nourishment, nutriment, nutrition, sustenance, victuals a source of materials to nourish the body v make less severe or harsh 3Syn|Hyper moderate, soften alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation v walk daintily She minced down the street Hyper walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps |
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